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* Landfall to come on anniversary of hurricane Katrina * Republican convention in Tampa pushed back * Gulf energy production will see temporary shut-downs By Michael Haskins KEY WEST, Fla., Aug 26 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac lashed south Florida with winds and heavy rain on Sunday after battering the Caribbean, disrupting plans for the Republican National Convention in Tampa and threatening to interrupt about half of U.S. offshore oil output. Isaac is expected to strengthen to a Category 2 hurricane and hit the Gulf Coast somewhere between Florida and Louisiana at midweek - on or near the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina - the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.

* Storm killed at least six people in Haiti * Republican convention in Tampa pushed back * Gulf energy production will see temporary shut-downs By Jeff Franks HAVANA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac, back over warm ocean waters, lashed Cuba with winds and rain as it swept toward the Florida Keys, where it was expected to strike at or near hurricane strength on Sunday. The storm left six dead in Haiti, still recovering from a 2010 earthquake, and at least three missing in the Dominican Republic after battering their shared island of Hispaniola on Saturday.

* Assad's man in Baghdad jumps ship and backs rebellion * Tanks and mortars fire in south Damascus raid on rebels * Russia rejects West's bid for robust UN resolution By Mariam Karouny and Erika Solomon BEIRUT, July 12 (Reuters) - The first ambassador to abandon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on the army to "turn your guns on the criminals" of the government, as troops backed by tanks swarmed into a suburb of Damascus on Thursday to flush out rebels.

PORRENTRUY, Switzerland (Reuters) - Yellow jersey holder Bradley Wiggins angrily rebutted Twitter accusations of doping on Sunday, saying "bone idleness" was behind the view that a cyclist cannot win the Tour de France without taking drugs. Cycling has long battled a major doping problem, with a raft of top riders failing drugs tests and seven-times Tour champion Lance Armstrong being charged by the United States Anti-Doping Agency last month. After a foul-mouthed insult aimed at the band of tweeters, Wiggins told a news conference: "I can't be doing with people like that.

As a crowd of Cook county sheriff's deputies watched over a tense court hearing, the family of a slain 7-year-old girl lashed out at the alleged gang member charged with shooting her last week as she sold candy. "I hope you die slow," one woman yelled as the 26-year-old suspect was led from court. Jerrell Dorsey, of Chicago, is charged with shooting Heaven Sutton late Wednesday night near her home in the North Austin neighborhood. Police said animosity has bubbled between the Mafia Insane Vice Lords and the Four Corner Hustlers, and prosecutors alleged that Dorsey is a Hustler, while people at the candy stand were affiliated with the other gang.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Rocker Bruce Springsteen touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with the financiers and bankers at a Berlin concert on Wednesday, railing against them as "greedy thieves" and "robber barons. " Springsteen, a singer-songwriter dubbed "The Boss" who has long championed populist causes, played to a sold-out crowd at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, singing from his album "Wrecking Ball" and speaking about tough economic times that have put people out of work worldwide and led to debt crises in Greece and other countries.

The Sports Xchange Popovich's tongue lashing spurs San Antonio to series-opening win SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich tried to play innocent. However, he could only deny so much after television cameras caught him demanding to "see some nasty" from his team following a lackluster third quarter. Unseemly as it might have been, Popovich's unusual urging worked, spurring the Spurs to a 101-98 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday at the AT&T Center in the opening game of the Western Conference finals.